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alcassaba

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Andalusian Arabic القصبة (al-qasába), from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba); cognate to English casbah and Spanish alcazaba.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alcassaba f (plural alcassabes)

  1. a fortress inside a walled city
  2. (by synecdoche) the medina, the older part of a city in North Africa
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Further reading

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